Buhari asks Nigeria to be patient about cabinet

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 28, 2015.{PHOTO: REUTERS}

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday he had submitted a cabinet list to parliament for approval but asked Nigerians to be patient with his four-month search for a government to tackle the country's worst economic crisis for decades.

Foreign investors and Nigerian firms have criticized Buhari, a 72-year old former military ruler, for waiting until late September to nominate cabinet members when Africa's largest economy is taking a hammering from a plunge in oil revenues.